From left to right: Danielle Murphy, Bruce Gray and Julie Hudak

At Joey's Place, a fun sensory stimulating activity, led by volunteer, Julie Hudak, had program participants creating unique floral arrangements. Individuals choose various flowers to construct their own personal arrangement, as well as having a special gift to give to a significant person in his/her life. We are thankful to SKSF staff member, Pam Bramhall and her husband for their generous donation of plastic mugs and carnations!

 

Joey's Place  is the adult center based day program of SKSF for ages 18 and older. We work together daily towards helping individuals to reach their highest level of personal and economic independence.  For more information about the program, contact Program Coordinator, Dionna Lanich at 719-634-4675 or dlanich@sksfcolorado.org.

Every year, an annual Tootsie Roll fundraising campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities is conducted by The Knights of Columbus.  SKSF is grateful for being the recipient of several donations from various councils over the years to help support our programs for children and adults with disabilities.  Since 1968, the Knights of Columbus have raised and donated more than $600 million to programs for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. The Knights of Columbus commitment to hundreds of grassroots programs for people with intellectual and physical disabilities is an expression of their belief in the intrinsic worth of every human being.

We would  like to express our sincere gratitude for the donations and support of the recent Knights of Columbus Charity Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities. With these donations, we are able to improve our programs for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities and special needs. Through the gracious support of this organization, thousands of "God's Special Children" will enjoy a better life and allow their parents and care-givers to benefit from needed respite in caring for their loved ones.

Jessica Serna is a new volunteer for SKSF.  At Adult Services she washes windows, cleans the parking lot, pulls trash out of the bushes, heats up lunches at our adult program, interacts with the clients, does filing, prepares walls for painting, etc...  She does it all and is very happy while she is doing it!  She donated 40 hours of her time in one month alone!!